Family Updates: The Big Move to Costa Rica

So we left India and moved down to Costa Rica. We found a great Tico style house to rent while we wait for the yurt to arrive. It is supposed to be here on July 16th. We got a little dog named Biggie Big E. He is only 10 weeks old, but check out those huge paws. He is going to be an enormous German Shepherd but for now he is a fluffy, sleepy, quiet dog. Well except for the fact that he fell off a friend's balcony yesterday down 8 feet, and then rolled down into a gulley for another 40 feet. After the shock wore off and a few scratches, Biggie is totally fine. We are happy with puppyhood so far.

There are no shelves or closets in the house so Troy has been building us simple ones with pine. This is good practice for all the carpentry skills he will need in the future. In the photo he added chicken wire so that we can just wash our dishes and then when we put them on the shelves to dry, they just stay there until we are ready to use them again. It drips right down into the drainage tray. We are eventaully going to put our kitchen herbs under there so the water drips right down into the plants. No wasting water! I would love to claim the credit for that one but I saw this type of ideas in an ad in a Natural Home magazine last year. We also recently found out that our shipment is already coming in from India. We asked them to hold it for four months so it would arrive in October. Apparently, they held it for four days. Crap. There is always a solution to any problem so we will get this one figured out. Ali has already been belly surfing on Troy's board completely by herself and Jaden is absolutely scared of rain. I am blessed with completely opposite children. In the mornings I am practicing TurboKick which I just got certified to teach and Troy as you already heard is busy with a circular saw.